Timonean vs Timonian - What's the difference?
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Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
* ~1710-1722 , (John Toland), undated letter:(John Toland) (1670–1722), "To Mrs. ***", undated letter (est. 1710-1722 due to content: after his 1710 return to London and retirement, before his 1722 death); repr. in (Pierre des Maizeaux) (ed., aka "Pierre Desmaizeaux"), A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Toland , 2 vols., Vol. 2, London: printed for J. Peele, 1726, p.
* 1766 , (Thomas Amory), The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II'':(Thomas Amory) (uncredited), ''The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World, and Many Extraordinary Relations. Vol. II , London: printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766, section VII, §8 (item 91 in the TOC, "The History of Claudius Hobart, a recluse"), p.
* 1849 , (Herman Melville), (Mardi)'':(Herman Melville), ''(Mardi): And a Voyage Thither , 1849, Vol. II, Chapter LXX "They Land at Hooloomooloo"; quoted from
Pertaining or related to (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
* 2009 , Dee L. Clayman, Timon of Phlius'':Dee L. Clayman, ''Timon of Phlius: Pyrrhonism into Poetry , Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3110220803, Chapter 5 "Timon's Reception in Hellenistic Literature", p.
Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
* 1983 , M. R. Stopper, in Phronesis'':M. R. Stopper, "Schizzi Pirroniani [review of ''Lo scetticismo antico'' by Gabriele Giannantoni]" (
* 2001 , (Jonathan Barnes), in (ISSN 0026-4423, e-ISSN 1460-2113), Vol. 110, Nr. 440, p. 1043-1046, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Aristocles+is+not+citing+Timon%E2%80%94and+how+near+he+keeps+to+any+Timonian+text+we+cannot+judge%22 at Google Scholar.
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, passage = Kinbote, Charles, Dr., [...]; his modesty, 34; his having no library in his Timonian cave, 39; his belief in his having inspired S, 42;
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* {{quote-book
, year = 2002
, first = Lawrence I.
, last = Berkove
, title = A Prescription for Adversity: The Moral Art of Ambrose Bierce
, publisher = Ohio State University Press
, isbn = 978-0814208946
, ol = 11352634M
, section = Introduction
, page = xiv
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=3AtoLPo4QXkC&pg=PR14
, passage = Like Swift, whom he admired and imitated and with whom he had much in common, Bierce was a man who hated boldly and well and yet was not a Timonian misanthrope.
}}
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Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
English eponyms
Timonean is a synonym of timonian.
As adjectives the difference between timonean and timonian
is that timonean is of a form of bitter misanthropy related to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonean can be pertaining or related to (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas while timonian is of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonian can be of or relating to skeptic philosopher (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas or timonian can be of or relating to the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.As a noun timonian is
a member of the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.timonean
English
Etymology 1
(as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of (William Shakespeare)'s play (Timon of Athens)'' (c. 1607). Used by (John Toland) in a letter (c. 1710-1722), apparently as a rare word or neologism. Used by (Thomas Amory) in ''The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II (1766), as a regular word.Adjective
(en adjective)412 at Google Books.
- Solitude, on the contrary, not only deprives us of both the past and the future, but always inclines the present hour to joyless melancholy, which sooner or later ends in something intractable, Timonean , (pardon the word) or perhaps more fatal.
236 at Google Books.
- Such was the account Mr. ''Hobart'' gave me of himself, (which made me admire him much, as he was but fifty then) and to convince me his temper had nothing Timonean or unsocial in it from his solitary life, he requested I would dine with him.
the 1864 reprint at Gutenberg.org.
- And so in love with his Timonean solitude was Rozoko, that it needed many bribes and bland persuasions, to induce him to desert his mossy, hillside, misanthropic cave, for the distracting tumult of a court.
Synonyms
* Timonian * TimonistEtymology 2
, from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).Adjective
(en adjective)148 at Google Books.
- Since only a small percentage of Timon's oeuvre has survived and much of Callimachus' work is equally fragmentary there are no direct quotes or precise allusions, but it is possible to discern some features of Callimachus' work that seem remarkably Timonean .
Synonyms
* Timonian (more common)References
Anagrams
* English eponymstimonian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)JSTOR 4182180]), Critical Notice in ''Phronesis, Vol. 28, No. 3 (1983), p. 265-297, endnote 36, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+second+Timonian+passage+is+usually+taken+to+come+from+his+prose+work%2C+Python%22 at Google Scholar.
- [About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, ''Python''.
- Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge.
Quotations
* {{quote-book , by = (Plutarch) , title = (Parallel Lives) , first = John , last = Langhorne , authorlink = John Langhorne (poet) , coauthors = Langhorne, William , publisher = E. and C. Dilly , year = 1770 , page = 457 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=HCIJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA457 , passage = None of these things, however, disturbed him; for, at once abandoning his hopes and his cares, he left his Timonian retreat, and returned to Alexandria; }} * {{quote-news , date = 1939-06-13 , newspaper = (The New York Times) , title = Dr. Ezra Pound , url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F1FF93F54107A93C1A8178DD85F4D8385F9 , page = 22 , passage = Yesterday Hamilton College doctored Ezra Loomis Pound, the Idaho lad who was graduated from it in 1905. In his habitual Timonian mood he has, time and time again, taken the hide off American professors. }} * {{quote-book , year = 1962 , first = Vladimir , last = Nabokov , authorlink = Vladimir Nabokov , title = (Pale Fire): A Novel , location = New York , publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons , section = Index (written by the author, part of the narrative) (Repr. Vintage Books, 1989, ISBN 0-679-72342-0.) , page = 308 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=EgQ4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22his+having+no+library+in+his+Timonian+cave%22Synonyms
* Timonean * TimonistEtymology 2
, from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* Timonean (less common)Etymology 3
From the name of French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823-1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)References
* OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the(reproduced in a post)* WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * Notes: